4x4 vs. 2x4

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Well, if one more reply doesn't push this thread to the limit... !

I own a 4x4 and it has passed every test quite well. I do recreational 4 wheelin and I'll tell you - everytime I take it out, people are just amazed at what this truck will do. It will climb almost anything - loose rock extreme verticals, 3' ledges, waterfalls... anywhere I've got the courage to take it. And the Cummins 4x4 has proven to be very capable - loads of low end torque - and the truck is built to take a beating. I just knew my wife had busted the axles and u-joints once when she pogo-sticked up a series of 2' ledges with front and rear wheels alternatively getting 18" of air! Didn't hurt a thing (except mashed the skid plate!) I've roughed it up a bit, but that's why I got it. Still looks like new, though!

The 4x4 also comes in handy when I've got to go deep into the outback to retrieve my Jeep if I bust an axle or something on it.

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'98. 5 Dodge Ram 2500, 24V Cummins, 4x4 QC, 22,000 miles, Driftwood, all leather interior, auto-transmission, 3. 54 gears, K&N filter, Westin chrome nerf bars, Rhino-lined, SS bed rails, and BFG All Terrain 295x75R16s
'93 Jeep Wrangler, 25,000 original miles, 4. 0L, 5 speed AX-15 transmission, Atlas II 4. 1:1 T-case, Tom Woods drive shafts, Warn Extreme coil over suspension, Dana 44 reverse cut front axle, Dana 60 reverse cut rear axle, 4. 56 gears, all disc brakes, 10x15 Bart beadlock wheels, 35x14. 5x15 SSRs, Warn 9500i winch, custom roll cage, custom front and rear bumpers with swing out tire carrier, Currie air compressor with custom rock slider air tanks, dual Optima batteries, auto wheel balancers and much more!
'98 Big Tex,12,000 GVW, 20'x7' tandem wheeled bumper pull trailer

 

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4x4 is like a drug. Reaching and engaging the t-case I compare to a wino who just found a tall boy of Old E.

Before this truck I had a 2wd F-150 that thing would stop moving on snowy gentle incline. I could depend on getting stuck at least twice a year on city streets!

Last year a day after New Year Detriot got hit with conditions that kept kids from school for 2 weeks. On day 3 many roads still could not be traversed by rear wheel drive vehicals and such a vehical was blocking my path at a time when slowing down any would have made me late for work. This van was turn side-ways trying to find any traction it could to free itself me being late I reach down slapped the t-case handle down a notch and pointing my truck in the direction of the curb where snow was pushed to clear the street I RAMmed my thru a vacant lot back down onto the street without slipping a beat.

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98. 5 SLT 4x4 5 spd Quad-cab w/ Mopar running boards with side steps and Grant XL mounted in the ex-cubby holder.

 

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Once you own a 4x4 you'll never go back. Especially if you like the back country.

Besides the traction you have an extra set of low gears to gently haul you out of otherwise strenous situations.

I use four wheel LOW to launch and reload my boat or while hauling up some steep back country gravel roads. It is also great for going down steep gravel grades in 4L and in 1st gear and gently idling down the hill . 5mph without having to use your brakes.

Ever try going down a steep slippery grade with brakes? Not the best thing for your heart.

 

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---nobody mentioned that the t-case handle makes a darn fine place to mount a roll of t-paper got kids? if so, then you got sneezies, in which case, you got choice. 1)snot on the upholstery, or 2) snotty wads of t-paper in the ashtray... make yer choice